NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSper) -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a leading, socially responsible community bank with financial centers in New England and New York, announces that Greg Saint John, an experienced credit officer and banking industry veteran, was promoted to senior vice president, deputy chief credit officer & commercial credit director. He will report directly to Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer Philip Jurgeleit. "I'm pleased to welc  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: A Haverhill, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to steal firearms from a federal firearms licensee, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Gary Ortiz, Jr., 19, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal firearms from a federal firearms licensee. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplant  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 1, 2023, Varian Lefebvre, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 77 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 7-year term of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and for being a  more

DOVER, Delaware, May 2 (TNSbook) -- Delaware State University issued the following news on May 1, 2023: Delaware State University's Director of Executive Communications L.J. Sysko released her debut full-length poetry collection, The Daughter of Man, this month to national and local media acclaim. The Daughter of Man was released in early April by University of Arkansas Press as part of the esteemed Miller Williams Poetry Series. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Patricia Smith s  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 (TNSper) -- The University of New Hampshire School of Law issued the following news: As an English major with an interest in art history coming out of Amherst College, Peter Karol envisioned himself working in a museum or publishing house more than at a law firm. But he ultimately found a perfect way to combine his interests when he discovered trademark and copyright law and the way those legal doctrines shape the creative work of artists and writers. This fall, K  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Conservation Law Foundation filed a protest on Friday at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), regarding a plan by New England's grid operator, ISO New England (ISO-NE), that would increase costs to consumers because of the region's overreliance on methane gas for power generation. The protest is in response to the revisions ISO-NE's submitt  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 3 (TNSper) -- Harvard University issued the following news: Katie O'Dair, a deeply experienced higher education leader, will be chief of staff to Harvard's incoming president, Claudine Gay. O'Dair -- who has served in roles at Harvard, Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts over a 30-year career in higher education -- will begin in her new position when Gay becomes the University's 30th president on July 1. The president-elect announced th  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, May 3 (TNSpar) -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release: Vermont Law and Graduate School's Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of the Lake Tarleton Coalition and forest protection group Standing Trees, submitted an objection with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday, seeking reconsideration of the flawed Tarleton Integrated Resource Project (Project) in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The Tarleton Project would authorize nearly 700-acres of commercia  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the electric distribution companies (EDCs) jointly filed a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), which if approved, would represent the fourth and largest offshore wind solicitation to date. This filing demonstrates the Healey-Driscoll Administration's continued commitment to building a robus  more

CANAAN, Connecticut, May 2 (TNSres) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut (TNC in CT) announced two land deals, completed late last year, that will expand protections for critical lands in northwest Connecticut, an area of high ecological importance. The donations are part of what TNC scientists have labeled the "Resilient and Connected Network"--lands across North America with limited human disturbance, robust microcl  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg helps write American Pharmacists Association new policy statements on substance use * * * University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg has played a key role in historic changes to The American Pharmacists Association's House of Delegates' policy statements on substance use. The association is now expressing support  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 3 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: The Estes family is steeped in VCU tradition, but William's journey to VCU was far from traditional. After graduating high school, he attended Marshall University earning a degree in history while competing for the men's track & field team and holding multiple executive positions in his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. Seeking adventure and a highly creative environment, he then attended the New England Culinary I  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, May 3 (TNSper) -- The Vertical Flight Society issued the following news release: The Vertical Flight Society, the world's leading non-profit dedicated to advancing vertical flight, is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for 2023-2024. The following members were re-elected to the Board's Executive Committee for an additional one-year term of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024: * Chair: Tomasz Krysinski, Vice President Research & Technology, Airbus Helicopters * President  more